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How do you convert a tracheostomy stoma to a usable SCOOP tract?

April 26, 2017convert scoop stoma tracheostomy tract usable

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How do you convert a tracheostomy stoma to a usable SCOOP tract?

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A. Downsize the patient to a #4 trach tube. Insert the SCOOP catheter into the stoma. Consider the patient to be in Phase III. After a few days, the stoma should snug down around the catheter. Advance the patient per standard published protocols. See our manuals containing the appropriate protocols.